Excerpt from Life of Taiping-Wang: Chief of the Chinese Insurrection Since its establishment, the empire of the central flowery land, which appears to us occidentals to stand in such stately repose - a reign of perpetual peace - eu example of ever-during immobility - has experienced no less than twenty-six changes of dy nasty; but these have generally been attended with no great modifications of the system of either govern ment or religion. Thus, the manchu-tartan, who have held the throne of the celestials during ...
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Excerpt from Life of Taiping-Wang: Chief of the Chinese Insurrection Since its establishment, the empire of the central flowery land, which appears to us occidentals to stand in such stately repose - a reign of perpetual peace - eu example of ever-during immobility - has experienced no less than twenty-six changes of dy nasty; but these have generally been attended with no great modifications of the system of either govern ment or religion. Thus, the manchu-tartan, who have held the throne of the celestials during the last couple of centuries, made no alterations, on their accession to power, beyond seizing upon all the high offices of state, and compelling the conquered to adopt their style of tunic, Open at the side, and their shaven brows and hair braided in a tail. The revolution now in progress, however, contem plates more radical changes. It is the advent, not so much of a new style of dress, and of wearing the hair, as of new ideas. It is not only a revolution, but a reformation. It has thrown ten thousand idols into the waters of the Yang-taze-kiang, and pro claimed the doctrine that God is one. It demands the disuse of that fatal drug which is drying up the energies of the entire nation; teaches temperance and morality; and introduces the observance of a Sabbath, and the institution of public worship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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